US Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday chose House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead the party into the Joe Biden era and preside over their narrow House majority as the most powerful person in Congress.

Renowned stage and TV actor, director Aly Zaker has been admitted to a hospital in Dhaka after he fell ill.

US President Donald Trump plans to represent the United States at a virtual Asia-Pacific summit this week in which his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping also plans to participate, a US official has told Reuters.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed in Parliament today to empower the BERC to change tariff more than once per financial year.

Social media giant Twitter Inc has apologised to an Indian parliamentary panel for showing a northern Himalayan region as part of China, promising to make corrections by month-end, the panel’s chief said on Wednesday.

Labourers have found two ancient pitchers while working at Radhar Vita graveyard in Rajshahi city's Kathalbaria area.

Although the intensity of Covid-19 pandemic has decreased a bit at present, it is likely to increase in the coming winter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament today.

Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Switzerland has tripled in a decade and the trend continues to grow as the two countries are exploring new ways of trade and investments.

The parliament has passed the Sunamganj Science and Technology University Bill 2020 to set up an university in the haor area.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said he is surprised to see the number of government officials who siphoned money to Toronto in Canada, outnumbering politicians.

The Department of Narcotic Control (DNC) today sealed off five drug rehabilitation centres which were operating without licenses in the capital.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today said that a 26ft tall sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be erected at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.

Israel has launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria, sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite US President Donald Trump’s election defeat.

The Police Cyber Support for Women, a special wing that was formed to only deal with cybercrimes on women has received around 691 complaints in the last 48-hours.

After nearly two years of scrutiny, corporate upheaval and a standoff with global regulators, Boeing Co has won approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to fly its 737 MAX jet again after two fatal disasters.

Electricity service has resumed in some areas of Sylhet city around 31 hours after most parts of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts plunged into darkness.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved a proposal in principle for procuring 40 lakh machine readable passport (MRP) booklets and 40 lakh lamination foils to meet the growing demand.

Thousands of Thai protesters take to the streets of Bangkok despite the worst violence in months of demonstrations a day before, when police fired water cannon and tear gas and at least 55 people were hurt.

A Dhaka court today sent four employees of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital to jail in a case filed over the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Anisul Karim on November 9.

Fresh from the success of creating the world’s largest free trade region, China’s President Xi Jinping will be among the speakers on Thursday heralding a Asia-Pacific virtual summit that US President Donald Trump has decided to skip.